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HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN ENHANCE LANGUAGE LEARNING?
Every passing day, the use of technology has become inevitable for every person who
wants to be alive in the world. You have to use your phone to interact with people or you have
to use your computer to be successful while making your research. It is quite obvious that
technology is necessary and also helpful for the improvement of our life, knowledge, and
awareness. Especially children are introduced to the technology at a very early age in the last
century. When it comes to looking at technology from a language learning perspective,
technology involves all types of materials, tools, activities, and techniques that help learners
to enhance their language learning process. According to researches, in the 21st century, the
use of technology is an important and effective part of learning a new language for young
learners if it is used correctly. In a classroom environment, children can lose their
concentration and attention in a short time, and most of the time, traditional learning activities
or techniques don’t provide an enjoyable and valuable learning process. At that point,
technology offers to learners and teachers not only enjoyable but also helpful and unlimited
resources that teachers can adapt to interactive classroom activities.
The use of multimedia is one of the ways that can be applied to enhance language
learning with technology in the classroom environment. Multimedia learning can be defined
as a type of learning concept that students build mental representations from words and
pictures such as printed text, illustrations, narration, and animation for meaningful learning.
The theory is developed by Richard E. Mayer, a professor of psychology at the University of
California Santa Barbara. Multimedia learning mainly examines how to form multimedia
materials and strategies effectively during meaningful learning. It is based on three
assumptions. The first one is the dual-channel assumption. Mayer explains that the brain takes
in information and processes it in two different channels according to its representation. -The
first one is for processing visual information such as pictures, videos, or printed words and the
second one is
